Sources & method
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Pillar
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- Of Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:13–222 Kings 25:17
- Broken and carried to Babylon 2 Kings 25:13Jeremiah 52:17Jeremiah 52:20Jeremiah 52:21
- Of Solomon's palaces 1 Kings 7:6
- Used to mark roads Jeremiah 31:21
- Pillar of salt, Lot's wife turned to Genesis 19:26Luke 17:32
- Monuments erected to commemorate events
- By Jacob, his vision of angels Genesis 28:18Genesis 35:14
- By Jacob, his covenant with Laban Genesis 31:45
- By Moses, the covenant between and Israel Exodus 24:4
- By Joshua, the crossing of the Jordan River JOS 4:1-9; with Deuteronomy 27:2–6Joshua 8:30
- By Joshua, at Shechem JOS 24:25-27; with Judges 9:6
- By Samuel, the defeat of the Philistines 1 Samuel 7:12
- By Absalom, to keep his name alive 2 Samuel 18:18
- As a boundary Joshua 15:6
- As a road sign 1 Samuel 20:19
- As a landmark 2 Samuel 20:81 Kings 1:9
- Prophecy of one in Egypt Isaiah 19:19
- Monuments of idolatry, to be destroyed Deuteronomy 12:3
- See CLOUD, PILLAR OF
- FIGURATIVE Revelation 3:12